A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Ballston Creek Preserve
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: This land protection project will protect 40 acres of forest, pond, wetland, and riparian habitat including a great blue heron rookery and is an important part of a Saratoga County wildlife corridor.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Project Name:: Experiments to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: The partnership project resulted in the successful development of fishing techniques that significantly reduce sea turtle interaction with pelagic longline gear.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mediacenter/turtles/
Contact:: John Watson
NOAA Harvesting Team Leader
NOAA
228-762-4591
John.Watson@noaa.gov

Southeastern

Project Name:: Bartow County Environmental Management System
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: Local partnerships are developing and implementing mulitiple Environmental Management Systems in a coordinated county-wide fashion to significantly reduce pollution.
Website:: www.bartowga.org
Contact:: Clarence Brown
Sole Commissioner
Bartow County
770-387-5030
brownc@bartowga.org

Project Name:: Conserving Georgia's Dwindling Farmland
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: The Athens Land Trust and the Oconee Partnership for Farmland Protection worked to place a conservation easement on a portion of the Breedlove-Powers Farm in rapidly-developing Oconee County, Georgia.
Contact:: John Kissane
Conservation Director
Athens Land Trust
706.613.0122
conservation@athenslandtrust.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Leopold Memorial Reserve
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: Coordination among private landowners stopped land fragmentation, initiated habitat monitoring, and improved management which produced significant ecological research and educational opportunities.
Website:: www.sandcounty.net/programs/leopold_memorial_reserve/
Contact:: Kevin McAleese
Program Manager
Sand County Foundation
(608) 663-4605
kmcaleese@sandcounty.net

Project Name:: Chouteau Island Implementation
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: The Chouteau Island Implementation effort will convert a 5,500 acre island-complex, outside of St. Louis, Mo., into a passive recreational complex with extensive floodplain habitat restoration.
Website:: www.swircd.org/
Contact:: Dave Eustis
Chouteau Island Project Manager
Southwestern Illinois RC&D, Inc.
618-566-4451
dave.eustis@rcdnet.net

Project Name:: Implementation of a Scientifically Credible IPM Approach to Control Invasive Species and Restore Native Prairie
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:: This partnership used the experience and expertise of a wide variety of disciplines to treat and restore NPS lands using a scientifically credible approach.
Contact:: Chad Prosser
EPMT Liaison
National Park Service
701-623-4466
Chad_Prosser@nps.gov

Project Name:: Ohio CELP
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land is working on two projects along the lakefront of Lake Erie in Ohio: East Sandusky Bay and Mentor Marsh.
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Michigan's Copper Country Cooperative Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: In 1998, NRCS contracted with the EPA to remediate about 800 acres of exposed stamp sand areas to prevent erosion into Torch Lake.
Website:: www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/trchlke.html
Contact:: Steve Davis
State Conservation Engineer
United States Department of Agriculture-NRCS
(517) 324-5232
steve.davis@mi.usda.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Rio Arriba County Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: Partners identified BLM lands next to communities for transfer to and future development by private owners in exchange for conservation easements.
Website:: www.sonoran.org
Contact:: Luther Probst
Executive Director
The Sonoran Institute
520-290-0828 ext209
luther@sonoran.org

Project Name:: Sonoran Pronghorn Captive Breeding Program
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: A cooperative captive breeding program was established in Arizona to halt the decline of the endangered Sonoran Pronghorn and to seed new populations of the species in the state.
Contact:: Mr. John Hervert
Wildlife Biologist
Arizona Department of Game and Fish
928-342-0091
jhervert@gf.state.az.us

Project Name:: Rich County Wildlife Habitat Conservation
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: The partnership will improve 24,000 acres of shrubsteppe habitat and collect pre- and post-treatment response data for vegetation and wildlife.
Contact:: John Fairchild
Habitat Conservation Coordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
801-538-4766
johnfairchild@utah.gov

Project Name:: Paradis Mitigation Bank
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: After more than seven decades of energy production for the Nation, the 7100-acre Paradis Mitigation Bank will protect, restore and enhance wetland functions and values of the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Website:: upstream.chevrontexaco.com/paradis/
Contact:: Eric Frasier
President
Frasier Group, Inc.
936-569-9428
efrasier@cox-internet. com

Project Name:: Integrating Science with Resource Management: Mesa Verde National Park
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Partnership workshops address science needs of management of pinyon-juniper woodlands by modeling consequences of differing treatments and evaluating consequences of various actions.
Contact:: Christine Turner
Research Geologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-236-1561
cturner@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Building Collaborative Stewardship, North Fork Crooked River
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Project is a model for future efforts as partners work together to forestall lawsuits and establish improvements on private land as well as Federal.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/projects/units/paulina/northfork/
Contact:: Janice Staats
Hydrologist
National Riparian Service Team
(541) 416-6891
janice_staats@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Hawaii Coral Reef and Native Algae Restoration
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Volunteers, local communities, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies work together to remove invasive alien algae and to begin to restore Hawaii's coral reefs.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii
Contact:: Eric Co
Marine Conservation Program Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
808-537-4508
eco@tnc.org

Project Name:: Lakeview Stewardship Group
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The group seeks to develop new restoration-oriented management goals for the Lakeview Stewardship Unit in Fremont Winema National Forest in Lake County Oregon.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/lakeview.html
Contact:: Jim Walls
Executive Director
Lake County Resources Initiative
(541) 947-5461
jwalls@gooselake.com

Project Name:: Owyhee Initiative
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: The Initiative seeks to create a consensus plan for Congressional legislation that will protect the natural resources and landscape in the Owyhee region while preserving livestock grazing.
Website:: www.owyheeinitiative.org
Contact:: Fred Grant
Owyhee Initiative Chairman
Owyhee Initiative
(208) 855-0707
owyheeinitiative@cableone.net

Project Name:: Silver Salmon Creek Fish Passage Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: This project reopened eight miles of spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook and coho salmon, as well as Dolly Varden char, rainbow trout and other aquatic species.
Contact:: Mary Price
FWS Biologist, Anchorage Field Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
907-271-2788
mary_price@fws.gov

National

Project Name:: NOAA Community-based Restoration Program and The Nature Conservancy
Location:: National
Summary:: The goal of projects under this partnership is to restore and protect marine biodiversity though habitat restoration with an emphasis on science, community-based cooperation, and strong partnerships.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/tnc.html
Contact:: Rob Brumbaugh
Restoration Program Director, Global Marine Initiative
The Nature Conservancy
401-874-6870
rbrumbaugh@tnc.org

Current Conservation Programs